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Our defense couldn’t even get a sack against ball state and only 1 vs UT-Martin, what makes you think we would eat them alive? To be honest, haven’t seen the best from this defense yet and needs a lot of improvement in the front 7 from what I can see.
No sarcasm at you but did you watch the TX vs Bama game ?? Again sincerely no sarcasm ?? Man TX gobbled that dude up !! They were on him nearly every play !!
Yes and Yes our Defense needs plenty of work I agree. But from what I saw, Yes our Defense would have done at least as good as TX. Like the ole movie Kelly’ Hero’s “Have a little faith baby”. Hope you know the movie if you do you’ll get the humor in that. 😂
All my fellow Dawgs fans that are worried need do is Look Back at the previous two Ntl. Title winning seasons. There were Plenty of snags, hiccups, slow starts, defensive break downs etc. etc. in Both those teams. Yet we know how the story ended.
Ball St. QB was BY FAR more accurate throwing the ball than Bama’s QB. He’s at least at this point what quite a few Dawgs fans predicted, a guy that can run the ball, has a strong arm, but can’t read defensive coverages very well, and is not very accurate with the ball. Just my opinions. Go Dawgs !!
Excellent points !! To quote you and I Totally Agree “Get healthy, Get better”. Yes and Yes !!! I mean at this point we had one of our Starting RBs completely out, the other playing injured with a hamstring, which as we all know for a RB is a very problematic thing.
I’m Not making excuses I’m being real. Plus Ladd is one of our primary starting receivers. We all saw the difference that getting Rosemy-JackSaint back made. Now in the absence of those important players, guys like Mews, Cash, Robinson have all done really, really well. So if we can get these really important guys back AND these new guys continue to Get Better we’re gonna be fine on Offense.
Oh our O line needs to continue to gel and get their chemistry. Right now the most problematic thing is our Defensive front. That unit Really needs to step up. Maybe it’s just a gel and chemistry issue with them as well. But Until they do ( one would think they’d have to get at least Some better as the season goes on) our LBs and Secondary will just have to step up and contain and keep Points Off The Board.
Until our Defensive front gets better unfortunately we will probably see gashes in yards on the ground and yards through the air as well. But it’s the scoreboard that matters most. And in a very different way for most Kirby Smart teams it might be that our O will just have to out score the opponent. Every snap Beck gets he’s gonna get more comfortable and more confident.
We Have weapons on Offense, they will become more and more proficient. Kirby has done a Elite job of leading us thus far, I’m trusting in him !! Go Dawgs !!
Sacks are great, but they're not the end all be all. Generally disrupting the play is what you want consistently from your front seven. The UT Martin game is a good example. I think it was reported that their QB was getting the ball out at 2.1 seconds on average. When the quarterback is releasing the ball after 2 seconds, you're not going to sack him. But if you're forcing him to consistently get rid of it that quickly, you're putting a significant limitation on their offense. Hence, their only "touchdown" coming at the end of the game against the backups.
We saw a similar type of effectiveness against Ball State. The Georgia front was getting back there, but the QBs had the presence of mind to at least get rid of the ball when that happened, whereas Milroe looked like he was trying to figure out what to do when the pressure was on. Although, Georgia's defense got three interceptions and didn't allow any touchdowns, so maybe turnover-prone Milroe had the right idea to just eat the loss of yardage.
It's all well and good to point out that there's still room for improvement. That will just about always be true. But it's also true that it's a lot more likely that the heavily rotated Georgia front will improve by the end of the year than that Milroe will become a polished quarterback. Maybe Saban will end up going with a different quarterback by then and this will all be moot. But as of last night, I was feeling pretty good about going up against that Bama team for an SEC title.
Whata ya get when you cross a DGD with a Burnt Orange Bovine......."Alabama's Daddy, AD Mitchell......AD, Thanks for the Great memories....the look on Saban's face was the same look I had when I ran out of gas and had a flat in Cheaha on my way to Talladega 60 minitues before the race started.
Great and in my book Accurate comments on your part !! I don’t knock Any Dawgs fan for having constructive criticism and being objective. As fans us dissecting every element of the game is part of the fun. But FOR ME being worried sick each and every game is not much fun.
At some point I had to come to Total Trust in Kirby. That does Not mean he won’t make mistakes. He’s a human being so no matter how good he Will make occasional mistakes. But For Me I totally sold out after Ntl. Title number two.
Kirby especially in the last say four years has Really taken this program to an Elite level. No longer is he inferior to Nick Saban, at a bare minimum he’s equal to Saban at this point. I personally believe he is now superior to Saban.
Now that said I Know all True Dawgs fans want a 3peat in the worse way. No Dawgs fan that I know of wants that any more than I do !! And I honestly Believe we have an Extremely high possibility of doing just that. But even and I sure hope not, but even if we miss and don’t pull it off, we Will have come very close when it’s all said and done.
AND Kirby and his Dawgs will be right there in the mix come 2024, 2025, 2026………. As a Christian in My faith if the Lord don’t come first we’re gonna Continue to see KS and the Dawgs either win Ntl. Titles out right or be right there knocking on the door !! Kirby is a young ambitious HC that has with help from his supporting cast built an Elite program at UGA.
He’s no where even vaguely close to his prime. Where as whether Bama fans want to accept it or not Nick Saban has indeed aged and I believe is now on a downward trend. That doesn’t mean old Slick Nick won’t go down kicking, clawing, and fighting, he has to much ego and pride to go out with a whimper. He and his Bama boys Will win games. And as much as I dislike him ( I don’t Hate anyone and really don’t like even using that word on a personal level) and enjoy every loss he has, I Have to respect what he’s done as a HC going all the way back to Mich. St. The man has reached the loftiness heights.
But correct me if I’m wrong as with my memory I can be, even Saban hasn’t won B2B less alone 3peat ?? So I have No problem with Dawgs fans being critical of elements of our team, And even being nervous and worried some about certain opponents. But stuff like “No way we win a Natty with THIS team” crawls up the back of my neck. Sure people have a “Right” to say anything, that’s Not the point. But I also have the right to call them out on it to !!
What’s perversely humorous to a degree is some of those same folks with the “NO WAY we win a Natty with This team” are the Same ones that when we do win Will chest thump and say “ Oh I knew all along we were gonna win it all” 😂 Hope you and All my fellow Dawgs fans have a Great season with your families and friends. God Bless and Go Dawgs !!
Bwahaha !! 😂 Good one my Brother !!! Put a big grin on my u g l y mug !!
"We saw a similar type of effectiveness against Ball State. The Georgia front was getting back there, but the QBs had the presence of mind to at least get rid of the ball when that happened, whereas Milroe looked like he was trying to figure out what to do when the pressure was on. Although, Georgia's defense got three interceptions and didn't allow any touchdowns, so maybe turnover-prone Milroe had the right idea to just eat the loss of yardage."......BINGO, E_Roc......a quick release and fairly accurate.....once again Our HC claims that two of our INT's were luck....Not So Fast Kirby, let's give credit were credit is due.....our D-Line pressured BS's QB to throw quick to receivers that were covered well by our DB's that were focused/completely tuned into the game.....as I've stated before....luck would be me or my blind mother in law making the INT! Quick releases mean NO long bombs that explode for 6 in the end zone! Milroe is a great "backyard" QB....he doesn't trust the the fat slugs on his O-Line so his first option is to use his feet at which he is really good......very easy to defend, always use a spy who hits that leave a lasting memory!
I don't know if you understand how we call our defense. Ball State's quarterback had a lot of success running the ball and doing bootlegs against Kentucky. We had a problem setting the edge in game 1. The goal of our defensive front 7 against Ball State was to keep the qb in the pocket and NOT let him run. I thought we had a lot of good pressures AND we contained the qb.
I think our defensive line played great and within the system just as designed. Do you agree now?
Kelly's Heroes reference for the win!!! From Oddball, no less 😁👍